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Jailed Kurdish leader Demirtaş announces he’s stepping back from political engagement

Jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş, a two-time presidential candidate and the most prominent Kurdish politician in Turkey today, has announced on social media that...

Far-right leader calls Erdoğan’s election win a ‘Pyrrhic victory’

The leader of a far-right party who allied with the opposition shortly before a runoff election on Sunday has said Turkish President Recep Tayyip...

Erdoğan confronts task of uniting polarized Turkey after historic election win

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday confronted the tough task of uniting his deeply divided country after winning a historic runoff election to...

Turkey’s election authority declares Erdoğan winner of runoff vote

The head of Turkey's election authority on Sunday declared President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan the winner of a historic runoff vote that will extend his...

Kılıçdaroğlu concedes defeat after Erdoğan wins third term

Turkey's opposition leader has conceded defeat after failing to block President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from securing a third term in a historic runoff election...

Milestones in Erdoğan’s two-decade rule in Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has dominated Turkish politics since his Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) swept to power in 2002. Here are the milestones...

Turkey must ‘get rid of authoritarian regime’: Kılıçdaroğlu

Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu urged voters to "get rid of this authoritarian regime" in Sunday's historic presidential runoff election, Agence France-Presse reported. "I order...

Erdoğan seeks third decade of rule in Turkish runoff

Turkey voted Sunday in a historic runoff that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan enters as the firm favorite to extend two decades of his Islamic-rooted...

Turkey’s bitter election battle nears decision day

Turkey on Friday entered the final stretch of a bitter presidential campaign that has seen Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his secular rival exploit fears...

Pro-Kurdish parties to continue backing Kılıçdaroğlu despite his alliance with far-right leader

Two major pro-Kurdish parties in Turkey have announced their continued support for opposition presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu despite the fact that he struck a...

Kılıçdaroğlu secures far-right support for presidential runoff, vows to expel ’13 million refugees’

Ahead of a historic election runoff scheduled for May 28, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader and a presidential candidate,...

AKP member admits to hanging campaign posters on billboards to discredit opposition

A member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in central Turkey has confessed that campaign posters on the city’s billboards that portray the...

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